Love genealogy, editing, and publishing? Texas State Genealogical Society is seeking a dynamic individual to become the new editor for its quarterly magazine, STIRPES. Here are the details: Purpose and Scope of STIRPES STIRPES is a quarterly magazine published by Texas State Genealogical Society and includes helpful research articles, county records, family histories, reviews, queries, … Read more
As part of the educational and outreach missions of both the Texas State Genealogical Society (TSGS) and the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS), the exhibit hall at the FGS 2014 Conference, 28-30 August 2014, in San Antonio, Texas, will be free and open to the public. During that time, approximately twenty half-hour presentations will be offered on the exhibit hall … Read more
Last Friday evening, TSGS participated in another Twitter Chat with #Genchat, and the topic was Migration Routes Across the US. During the chat, where appropriate, I contributed some migration-related links to online resources, and some were Texas-related. Researching known migration routes throughout history can be very important when researching your ancestors. Along the way, they … Read more
The Federation of Genealogical Societies 2014 Conference Registration is open! The Texas State Genealogical Society is proud to be local co-host with the San Antonio Genealogical and Historical Society. The following is the full press release from FGS: FGS 2014 Conference Registration is Open “Gone to Texas” – A Conference for the Nation’s Genealogists March … Read more
The Texas General Land Office and Texas State Genealogical Society are partnering together to bring Texas genealogists the very first “Genealogypalooza” on Saturday, May 17, 2014, at the GLO Headquarters in the Stephen F. Austin Building in Austin. The goal of the “Genealogypalooza” is to bring attention to a broad range of Texas genealogical resources in an open, fun, … Read more